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We are aware that globalization doesn't mean global friendship but global competition and, therefore, conflict. That doesn't mean we will all destroy each other, but it is no happy global village, either.

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When scandals proliferate, human beings become so obsessed with their rivals that they lose sight of the objects for which they compete and begin to focus angrily on one another.

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In preventing a riot and dispersing a crowd, the Crucifixion is an example of cathartic victimization.

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The protective system of scapegoats is finally destroyed by the Crucifixion narratives as they reveal Jesus' innocence and, little by little, that of all analogous victims.

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When we judge, we are always in a psychic space which is circular.

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The true Resurrection is based not on the mythical lie of the guilty victim who deserves to die, but on the rectification of that lie, which comes from the true God and which reopens channels of communication mankind itself had closed through self-imprisonment in its own violent cultures.

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When we describe human relations, we usually make them better than they are: gentle, peaceful, and so forth, whereas in reality, they are often competitive.

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When the whole world is globalized, you're going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match.

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Instead of blaming victimization on the victims, the Gospels blame it on the victimizers. What the myths systematically hide, the Bible reveals.

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A scapegoat remains effective as long as we believe in its guilt.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Historian

Born: December 25th, 1923

Died: November 4th, 2015

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